The thesis was inspired from a basic observation: the lack of reflection with regards to the issues of identity, otherness and integration into western societies notwithstanding the fact that they are more and more heterogeneous. The treatment by the Quebec news media of the rea…
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The thriving of immigrant ethics and diaspora communities in contemporary urban environments is emblematic of cultural and socio-political navigation. In Southern California, numerous micro-communities identify their inferential beliefs in the way they engage, negotiate, and emb…
This thesis examines the confluence between pan-Islamist politics, neo-liberalism and urban development in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. After tracing a history of the Islamic revival in Bosnia, I examine the results of neo-liberal policy in post-war Bosnia, particularly reg…
This dissertation explores South Asian, Islamicate definitions of religion, imperial uses of those definitions, and their relationship to later colonial definitions and uses. Contemporary debates in religious studies center on the relationship between the developments of the dis…
Abū Ishāq al-Husrī died in Qayrawān in 413/1022 and gained renown as an adīb through his mentorship of the youth of Qayrawān, including Ibn Rashīq (d. 456/1063) and Ibn Sharaf (d. 460/1067), and through his authorship of several works, most notably the Zahr al-ādāb wa-thamar al-…
Death and grief are a natural part of human development. However, the meaning of death and how individuals react to it is deeply embedded in their cultural norms (Osterweis, Solomon, Green, 1984). Emotional expressions to death have been indicated to be non-universal, and cultur…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a prosperous country struggling with the threat of cybercrime. Deep packet inspection (DPI) technology offered an enterprise-level solution to the cybercrime problem, enhancing firewalls and threat detection capabilities. Controversy surrounded …
This thesis examines three American Muslim women's organizations that sprang up in or near New York City in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The Muslim Women's Institute for Research and Development (MWIRD), the American Muslim Women's Association (AMWA) and …
Scholars of religion and education have claimed the U.S. suffers from religious illiteracy. This, combined with the rise of Islamophobia in the U.S. beckons a need for more research on religious education in Social Studies classrooms. Conceptually grounded in postcolonial theory…
The sixteenth century of the Iberian Peninsula was marked by the persecution, torment, and execution of the newly converted Christians by the “old” ones. In effect, it was a time in which the mere suspicion –let alone presence– of Semitic blood or comportment was enough to cost …
Ce mémoire tente de cerner les orientations idéologiques du Hezbollah à travers les discours de son principal leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Notre objectif de recherche est d'identifier les positions idéologiques de ce parti et d'en évaluer les transformations entre 2000 et 2010. Nou…
Why do people in the United States become radicalized to Sunni militant terrorism? Are the mechanisms and processes which lead to radicalization different for Muslim converts and those who were born and raised as Muslims? Between September 11, 2001 and December 2010 there were n…
The events of September 11, 2001 increased occurrences of prejudice and discrimination toward Muslims and individuals identified as Muslims. In 2010, a proposal of an Islamic Center near Ground Zero sparked controversy and opinion polls indicated Americans experienced negative o…
This dissertation is an analysis of the development of dialectic and argumentation theory in post-classical Islamic intellectual history. The central concerns of the thesis are; treatises on the theoretical understanding of the concept of dialectic and argumentation theory, and …
By their very nature, city streets provide opportunities to create life "in-between" the more strongly defined entities of home, school, office, and markets. In this space, one can easily appear to be on his or her way to somewhere, but never actually be going anywhere. The act …
Since 1994, an increasing number of persons fleeing persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender request asylum in the United States, yet few empirical studies explore their experiences from flight through resettlement. Muslims in these categories, shouldering the ad…
The purpose of the qualitative exploratory case study was to explore and identify obstacles Muslim Americans in the United States working within the legal field experienced in advancing to leadership positions and the influence of mentoring. The two cases included 10 Muslim Amer…
Storefront mosques are a unique, emerging type of vernacular architecture that has been adapted into sacred space. A typical commercial storefront is a first-floor space facing on the street, its entrance typically flanked by glass windows for merchandise display. Muslim immigra…